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Dorothy E Bigelow Charitable Trust 120061

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$113k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$53k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$131kCommunity Improvement$113kYouth Development$106kRecreation & Sports$80kHuman Services$25kFood & Nutrition$18kHousing & Shelter$15kEnvironment$11kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $59k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $53k
$26,633
Median grant
1
States reached
$424k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Stateline Boys and Girls Clubs$53,367
Riverbend Stadium Authority$26,633
Beloit Memorial High School$17,500
Beloit College$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $9k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%STATELINE FAMILY YMCA: $6k → 10%CARITAS: $3k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

57%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$293k · 6 repeat orgs$221k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +150% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
22

Total granted

$293k
$206k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+150%
0%

Still filing today

50%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • SB
    STATELINE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC
    4× · 2017–2025 · $106k · revenue +150%
  • BC
    BELOIT COLLEGE POWERHOUSE BUILDING FUND
    4× · 2017–2020 · $80k
  • RS
    RIVERBEND STADIUM AUTHORITY INC
    3× · 2022–2025 · $50k · revenue -82%

Funded once

  • B2
    BELOIT 2020 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $107k
  • BC
    BELOIT COLLEGE POWERHOUSE
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • BP
    BELOIT PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue -17%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Chamber of Commerce - Greater Beloit

Chamber of commerce to support, ancourage and engage in activities that make the greater Beloit area a better place to live and do business.

Education
2
Beloit Convention and Visitors Bureau Charitable Foundation Inc

To lead and coordinate destination development projects in the greater beloit region through public and private funding, as well as manage grant and sponsorship programs.

Environment
3
Beloit Historical Society

The mission of the beloit historical society is: connecting people with beloit's history to inspire an inclusive, informed, and engaged community.

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4
Landmark Conservancy Inc

Landmark conservancy is a nationally accredited, nonprofit conservation organization serving 20 counties across northwest wisconsin. their mission is to conserve wisconsin's natural legacy for everyone...forever.

Environment
5
Wisconsin Association of Lakes Inc

The mission of the wisconsin association of lakes is to conserve, enhance, and restore wisconsin's 15,000 lakes to ensure their sustainability for the benefit and collective use and enjoyment for this and future generations.

Environment
6
Sioux City Lewis & Clark Association
Arts & Culture
7
West Wisconsin Land Trust Inc

The mission of the west wisconsin land trust, inc. is to preserve western wisconsin's natural character by informing, facilitating, and partnering with private landowners, communities, and local governments to protect valuable land.

—
8
Friends of Wisconsin State Parks Inc

To preserve, promote, protect, and enhance wisconsin state parks, forests, trails, and recreation areas.

Recreation & Sports
9
United Way of Wisconsin Inc

United way of wisconsin is dedicated to supporting and enriching a strong statewide united way network that maximizes the capacity of local united ways to address human needs, improve lives and create lasting positive change across…

Philanthropy
10
Wisconsin Waterfowl Association Inc

The purpose of the association shall be to restore and conserve wisconsin's waterfowl and wetland resources; to educate state waterfowlers during their progression from natural resource consumer to steward; and to promote governmental…

Environment
11
River Bend Nature Center Inc

River bend nature center exists to provide environmental education and outdoor recreation to the children, families and adults of racine and southeastern wisconsin.

Environment
12
Sioux Ymca

Our mission is to develop and strengthen the children and families in our reservation communities so they can fulfill their greatest individual and collective potential, spiritually, mentally, and physically.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stateline Family Ymca of Beloit; the most unlike its peers is Wilderness Veterans Memorial Flame Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

12 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 12 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BELOIT 2020 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $107,000 · OtherBELOIT 2020 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONSTATELINE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $106,000 · OtherSTATELINE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INCBELOIT COLLEGE POWERHOUSE BUILDING FUND: $80,000 · OtherBELOIT COLLEGE POWERHOUSE BUILDING FUNDBeloit Memorial High School: $23,750 · OtherBeloit Memorial High SchoolBELOIT COLLEGE POWERHOUSE: $20,000 · OtherSTATELINE FAMILY YMCA SPIRIT MIND AND BODY ROOM: $18,000 · Other+16 more: $55,082 · Other+16 moreRIVERBEND STADIUM AUTHORITY INC: $50,000 · Recreation & SportsRIVERBEND S…ACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterBELOIT COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationBeloit Meals on Wheels Inc: $10,000 · Food & NutritionSTATELINE FAMILY YMCA OF BELOIT: $6,000 · Human ServicesCARITAS INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF RIVERFRONT INC: $5,000 · Community Improvement
Other$409,832Recreation & Sports$50,000Housing & Shelter$15,000Education$15,000Food & Nutrition$10,000Human Services$8,500Community Improvement$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTATELINE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC: $106,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetRIVERBEND STADIUM AUTHORITY INC: $50,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBELOIT COLLEGE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBELOIT PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetBeloit Meals on Wheels Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSTATELINE FAMILY YMCA OF BELOIT: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF RIVERFRONT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetNature at the Confluence Inc: $4,400 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCARITAS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $2,488 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDERNESS VETERANS MEMORIAL FLAME FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds STATELINE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS INC ↗
  • Who funds RIVERBEND STADIUM AUTHORITY INC ↗
  • Who funds ACTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds BELOIT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds BELOIT PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Beloit Meals on Wheels Inc ↗
  • Who funds STATELINE FAMILY YMCA OF BELOIT ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF RIVERFRONT INC ↗
  • Who funds Nature at the Confluence Inc ↗
  • Who funds CARITAS INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds WILDERNESS VETERANS MEMORIAL FLAME FOUNDATION INC ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Neese Family Foundation Inc · The Stateline Community Foundation Inc · Hendricks Family Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dorothy E Bigelow Charitable Trust 120061 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dorothy E Bigelow Charitable Trust 120061. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Dorothy E Bigelow Charitable Trust 120061?

    Find your warmest path to Dorothy E Bigelow Charitable Trust 120061 through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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